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	<title>Newcity Summer &#187; Swimming &amp; Beaches</title>
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		<title>Castles in the Sun: Competing with Sand and Big Wave Dave at Edgewater Beach</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2011/08/22/castles-in-the-sun-competing-with-sand-and-big-wave-dave-at-edgewater-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming & Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Wave Dave]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sun beats ferociously. An ice cream cart jingles. Old men play volleyball shirtless in the distance. Amidst these simple, monotonous joys of Chicago in August is a tent for Edgewater’s first “Sandcastle Open” along with ten teams of adults and children who have been building structures out of sand since nine this morning. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Service of Summer: A Brief Guide on Where to Splash</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2011/05/27/in-service-of-summer-a-brief-guide-on-where-to-splash/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2011/05/27/in-service-of-summer-a-brief-guide-on-where-to-splash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amusement Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swimming & Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Park District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep River Waterpark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of the year when even adults can get away with acting like kids, when children can enjoy their summer vacation, and when everyone needs to—and can—cool off. The water parks are officially open! Let’s dive into some of the best in the area. A summer visit to Wisconsin Dells should include a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Your Senses: Skinny dipping in Lake Michigan</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2010/05/25/return-to-your-senses-skinny-dipping-in-lake-michigan/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2010/05/25/return-to-your-senses-skinny-dipping-in-lake-michigan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming & Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pratt Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Chicago]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael McColly Imagine a Chicago summer night, well past midnight, a long day of crowds and trains, sirens and screens, dirt and smoke, and more of the same the next day. But all of these are behind you, literally, because you are not stewing in a bed of thought and worry, you are doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer at North Avenue Beach</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2008/08/28/summer-at-north-avenue-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2008/08/28/summer-at-north-avenue-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Hieggelke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Annie Camins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Rafferty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Shore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Chase Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Riexinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dustin Byfuglien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Chicago Food Depository]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Koons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast Sandwich Auction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Elster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katherine Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Wallen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Avenue Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RollerHawks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Wierzbickr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zym]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Actually, at North Avenue Beach, you’re probably safest in the water. The heat and humidity, intense today, especially when compared to the preceding, unusually mild August Chicago’s been awarded thus far, attacks the beaching crowd like the villain of a disaster flick.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open to the Pubic: Bathing-suit weather in Oak Park</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2007/05/24/open-to-the-pubic-bathing-suit-weather-in-oak-park/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2007/05/24/open-to-the-pubic-bathing-suit-weather-in-oak-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 18:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memoirs & Miscellany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swimming & Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oak Park Public Pool]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stephanie Shaw It is bathing-suit weather, and we have just fended off an attack from our sister-in-law. She is breaking our balls because we refuse to wear a bikini. Our sister-in-law wears a bikini. We point out our age, and our childbearing body, as an excuse. We mention that the super-elastic bubble plastic that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mendacity and Mayhem: Tennessee Williams goes for a dip</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2007/05/24/mendacity-and-mayhem-tennessee-williams-goes-for-a-dip/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2007/05/24/mendacity-and-mayhem-tennessee-williams-goes-for-a-dip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 18:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esther Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goodman Theatre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joanne Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Weissmuller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marlon Brando]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medinah Athletic Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Burton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sara Paretsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sun-Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tarzan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee Williams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By David Witter Formerly part of the Medinah Athletic Club, the swimming pool at 505 North Michigan is a 1920s Hollywood/Arabian fantasy, complete with gilded fountains and thousands of hand-laid mosaic tiles surrounding a Junior Olympic-sized natatorium. Now belonging to the Hotel Inter-Continental, it has attracted more than its share of celebrities and artists. Built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slam Dunk: In the pool you go</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2007/05/24/slam-dunk-in-the-pool-you-go/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2007/05/24/slam-dunk-in-the-pool-you-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 18:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memoirs & Miscellany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swimming & Beaches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jenny Seay I don’t know what I expected as I followed Lisa through the dark gangway, past the opening of a rusted, chain-link gate. But I distinctly remember feeling disappointed—the yard, its unkempt grass strewn with beer cans and battered lawn chairs, was nothing like Lisa had described. She adjusted her purse strap and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Life Aquatic: Touring the lakefront in a Speedo</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2005/05/26/the-life-aquatic-touring-the-lakefront-in-a-speedo/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2005/05/26/the-life-aquatic-touring-the-lakefront-in-a-speedo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 22:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming & Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User's Guide to Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps of Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calumet Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Edison Power Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leslie Hairston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South East Lakeview Neighbors Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waveland Golf Course]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By David Witter No chlorine. No walls. No ladders. There is nothing like treading water over the rolling waves of Lake Michigan and looking up at Navy Pier, Lake Shore Drive, or the Chicago skyline while you do it. Take a mask or goggles with you and on a sunny day you can see schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooling Off: Sneaking in to swim in the Jazz-Age glory of the Hotel Intercontinental pool</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2000/05/18/cooling-off-sneaking-in-to-swim-in-the-jazz-age-glory-of-the-hotel-intercontinental-pool/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2000/05/18/cooling-off-sneaking-in-to-swim-in-the-jazz-age-glory-of-the-hotel-intercontinental-pool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2000 03:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming & Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel Intercontinental]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Margaret Wappler In order to slink into the waters of the opulent Hotel Intercontinental pool, I needed stealth, charisma and slap-it-together brains. I was game for the challenge. If you’ve seen a picture, or have been lucky enough to dip your toe into the water of the Junior Olympic-sized pool tucked away in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spoil the Rod: Reeling in the city’s best offerings for fishermen</title>
		<link>http://summer.newcity.com/2000/05/18/spoil-the-rod-reeling-in-the-city%e2%80%99s-best-offerings-for-fishermen/</link>
		<comments>http://summer.newcity.com/2000/05/18/spoil-the-rod-reeling-in-the-city%e2%80%99s-best-offerings-for-fishermen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2000 02:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fishing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Park District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Palmisano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry’s Sports & Bait Shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Shen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ellen Fox You don’t have to leave town anymore to spend a day waterside with the rod and reel. Yes, you can go fishing right here in Chicago—on the Lake as well as on the much-maligned Chicago River—and this summer the folks at the Chicago Park District are seeing to it that you’re encouraged [...]]]></description>
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